Excerpt: 'Myths, Lies and Downright Stupidity'

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The number of people isn't the problem. Improved technology now allows people to grow more food on less land. The UN says the world overproduces food today.
More than 125,000 babies will be born before you finish reading this book, but they're not a burden, they're a blessing. They're more brains that might cure cancer, more hands to build things, and more voices to bring us beautiful music.
The clueless media, in pursuit of the scare du jour, do us a nasty disservice by focusing on the wrong things. Because of the constant parade of frightening stories, huge amounts of money and energy are spent on minuscule risks. In the meantime, millions die of malaria, thousands die from bacteria, teachers are jailed, fathers are kept from their kids, and most everyone is frightened needlessly.
There are real problems in the world. The media ought to focus on them.